Fulton judge weighs protective order to block sharing of evidence in Trump 2020 election RICO case | Plus

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said he plans to issue a protective order prohibiting prosecutors and defense attorneys from releasing any evidence considered to be confidential in the 2020 presidential election interference case.

McAfee’s decision in favor of the protective order was announced during an hour-long court hearing on Wednesday at which the district attorney’s office and the majority of lawyers representing the 19 defendants agreed to the guidelines proposed by co-defendant David Shafer, former Georgia Republican Party chairman.

According to the proposed terms of the protective order, sensitive information cannot be made public. District Attorney Fani Willis filed an emergency motion on Tuesday seeking a protective order prohibiting the public release of any evidence disclosed in the case after several media outlets obtained video footage of witness statements provided by four co-defendants as part of their plea agreements.

Prosecutors are pursuing a felony racketeering case against Donald Trump and 14 of his allies that accuses them of illegally conspiring in Georgia and several other states to overturn the GOP incumbent’s narrow loss to Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Fulton County…